About Athena

Athena is a creative place for leaders, risk-takers, and boundary-pushers. We partner with organizations looking to transform their presence, reputation, and performance. For more than a decade, we’ve delivered business insights, marketing strategies, and brand activations for leading organizations across industries ranging from telecommunications to major league sports. 

Our people make Athena, Athena. As a three-time Philadelphia Inquirer Top Workplace, we pride ourselves on fostering an environment where passion meets excellence. We are solutions‑oriented, collaborative, and not afraid to roll up our sleeves to make work that works—while sharing a few laughs along the way. 

About the role

As the Presentation Designer, you will be responsible for creating visually compelling and engaging presentation decks for a large client with multiple sub-brands. This role requires expert PowerPoint skills and a strong secondary brand design sensibility, with the ability to work seamlessly within established brand systems and build upon them with precision and consistency. You will transform complex information into clear, persuasive narratives through strong design principles, typography, and layout. We are looking for someone highly organized, exceptionally detail-oriented, and capable of delivering refined, high-quality work across a sophisticated brand ecosystem. Beyond presentations, this role will support a broader range of information-driven design needs including one-pagers, invitations, reports, and branded communications. This requires a designer who can organize content clearly and flex across project types as needs evolve.

Requirements

What you'll be responsible for:

• Collaborating with clients and internal teams to understand project goals and audience needs. 

• Designing and developing high-quality presentations that visually communicate a compelling story.

• Create custom graphics, charts, and visuals that enhance the storytelling of each presentation. 

• Edit and refine existing presentations to improve clarity, impact, and design.

• Translate complex information into clear, organized, and visually engaging formats across presentations and other communication materials.

• Design supporting branded materials such as one-pagers, invitations, reports, internal communications, and other information-driven assets as needed.

• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines and maintaining high standards of quality. 

• Stay updated on industry trends and best practices in presentation design and visual communication. 

The skills and experience you should have: 

• Expert level familiarity with presentation programs, specifically PowerPoint. 

• Strong level of competency with Figma.

• Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite programs including InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.

• Strong portfolio showcasing previous presentation designs, with examples of information design and branded communication materials (e.g., reports, one-pagers, invitations, or editorial-style layouts).

• Work within established brand systems while thoughtfully evolving and expanding them across presentations and visual communications.

• Exceptional attention to detail with a refined eye for typography, composition, layout, and visual consistency.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to incorporate feedback and work cross-functionally with clients and internal teams. 

• Ability to balance speed and craftsmanship, delivering high-quality work efficiently while managing multiple priorities and deadlines.

It’s a plus if you have: 

• Experience with other presentation software (e.g., Keynote, Google Slides, Prezi). 
• Knowledge of storytelling techniques and data visualization best practices. 

• Familiarity with branding and marketing concepts. 

Benefits

• Medical/Dental benefits including of 1K Health Reimbursement Account

• Matching 401K

• Generous PTO policy

• Substantial Parental Leave Policy 

Curious about your career path at Athena? This role is at the Sr. Analyst level within Athena’s career-path structure. This team has the following levels of progression for growth and development. 

Analyst --> Sr. Analyst -->Manager --> Sr. Manager --> Director --> Sr. Director --> Executive Director 

Oh, and our application process is open, easy and as transparent as we can make it, and painless. We need team members like you to join us! Let’s get started. 

Athena is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance in applying for a position, please contact us at 866.299.6040.